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3.7.9 Describing a Tagged Object
If the object E is tagged with the string S, then when the user
enters the command
Describe E
, CoCoA first looks for a user-defined
function with name
Describe_S
and executes it; if not found, the
output depends on the type of Untagged(E).
example
Use R ::= Q[x,y,z];
I := Ideal(x-y^2,x-z^3);
I := Tagged(I,"MyIdeals"); -- I is now tagged with "MyIdeals"
Describe I; -- the default description of an ideal
Record[Type = IDEAL, Value = Record[Gens = [-y^2 + x, -z^3 + x]]]
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Define Describe_MyIdeals(X)
Y := Untagged(X);
PrintLn("The generators are:");
Foreach G In Y.Gens Do
PrintLn(" ", G);
EndForeach;
EndDefine;
Describe I; -- Any object tagged with "MyIdeals" is now described
-- using "Describe_MyIdeals".
The generators are:
-y^2 + x
-z^3 + x
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